Rome police are searching for a man accused of shooting and killing a 74-year-old during a dispute Thursday afternoon.
Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Hardy Avenue about 5:50 p.m. after receiving a shots fired call, said Debbie Burnett, assistant chief of the Rome Police Department.
They arrived to find Rome resident Johnny Lewis Price on the ground near a gold truck with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers administered first aid to the man, who was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.
An investigation into the homicide revealed Price had gotten into an argument with 46-year-old Wallace Junior Chambers shortly before he was shot and killed, Burnett said.
Witnesses told investigators that Chambers retrieved a gun and shot Price multiple times, before leaving the scene, police said.
Burnett said the men were neighbors in a south Rome neighborhood. It's unclear what they were fighting about.
"It was very minor," she said. "It was a silly argument that turned deadly and that's a shame."
Chambers is wanted on one count each of felony murder and aggravated assault. Anyone who knows his whereabouts is asked to call Rome police at 706-238-5111 or dial 911.
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